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US Championship 2015 - Round 5

Opening: B75: Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack

Player(s): Naroditsky, Nakamura

GM Ronen Har-Zvi recaps round 5. Nakamura wins in a convincing way against Naroditsky, with a thematic exchange sacrifice in the Sicilian Dragon, and is now the sole leader after 5 rounds. Robson . who shared first with Naka after 4 rounds - lost to Kamsky, that won his first game in this Championship. Wesley So regulated Timur Gareev - the most creative player in the tournament - and now is second, half a point behind Nakamura. Going into the only rest day of the event, it looks like the three favorite winners have re-established the hierarchy. Nakamura is on top with 4.0/5, followed by Wesley So with 3.5, then Kamsky, Robson and Troff with 3. Kayden Troff won a whirlwind game against Holt today: he was totally lost when poor Holt threw away the game in a dramatic way. It was quite a rollercoaster!